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Book Synopsis When Darwin Sailed the Sea by : David Long
Download or read book When Darwin Sailed the Sea written by David Long and published by Wide Eyed Editions. This book was released on 2020-07-02 with total page 83 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A wonderful addition to any biography section for young people" --School Library Journal Published to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the launch of the HMS Beagle, this beautifully illustrated narrative nonfiction book tells the story of Charles Darwin, and shows how his revolutionary research changed the world forever. At the age of 22, Charles Darwin clambered up the steps of HMS Beagle armed with enough notepads to last him for several years and set sail on a journey of exploration that would change his life and how we view the entire world forever. "The voyage of the Beagle has been by far the most important event of my life and has determined my whole career." From his fascination with the natural world that began at an early age, his love of collecting new specimens, and keen eye for observation to his groundbreaking theory of evolution, uncover the incredible life of Charles Darwin in this fascinating story of his life. At the back of the book, explore a selection of the amazing species he discovered, concise profiles of some of the incredible people who helped Darwin on his path to becoming a groundbreaking scientist, a glossary of terms, and a timeline of Darwin's life and career. When Darwin Sailed the Sea is the perfect book for any child who has ever looked at the world and asked "why."
Book Synopsis The Voyage of the Beagle by : Charles Darwin
Download or read book The Voyage of the Beagle written by Charles Darwin and published by Hayes Barton Press. This book was released on 1906 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Opmålingsskibet "Beagle"s togt til Sydamerika og videre jorden rundt
Book Synopsis Charles Darwin's Around-the-World Adventure by : Jennifer Thermes
Download or read book Charles Darwin's Around-the-World Adventure written by Jennifer Thermes and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2016-10-04 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1831, Charles Darwin embarked on his first voyage. Though he was a scientist by profession, he was an explorer at heart. While journeying around South America for the first time aboard a ninety-foot-long ship named the Beagle, Charles collected insets, dug up bones, galloped with gauchos, encountered volcanoes and earthquakes, and even ate armadillo for breakfast! The discoveries he made during this adventure would later inspire ideas that changed how we see the world. Complete with mesmerizing map work that charts Darwin's thrilling five-year voyage, as well as "Fun Facts" and more, Charles Darwin's Around-the-World Adventure captures the beauty and mystery of nature with wide-eyed wonder.
Book Synopsis Evolution's Captain by : Peter Nichols
Download or read book Evolution's Captain written by Peter Nichols and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-10-13 with total page 463 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the story of the man without whom the name Charles Darwin might be unknown to us today. That man was Captain Robert FitzRoy, who invited the 22-year-old Darwin to be his companion on board the Beagle . This is the remarkable story of how a misguided decision by Robert FitzRoy, captain of HMS Beagle , precipitated his employment of a young naturalist named Charles Darwin, and how the clash between FitzRoy’s fundamentalist views and Darwin’s discoveries led to FitzRoy’s descent into the abyss. One of the great ironies of history is that the famous journey—wherein Charles Darwin consolidated the earth-rattling ‘origin of the species’ discoveries—was conceived by another man: Robert FitzRoy. It was FitzRoy who chose Darwin for the journey—not because of Darwin’s scientific expertise, but because he seemed a suitable companion to help FitzRoy fight back the mental illness that had plagued his family for generations. Darwin did not give FitzRoy solace; indeed, the clash between the two men’s opposing views, together with the ramifications of Darwin’s revelations, provided FitzRoy with the final unendurable torment that forced him to end his own life.
Book Synopsis The Voyage of the Beagle by : James Taylor
Download or read book The Voyage of the Beagle written by James Taylor and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2016-05-17 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of the infamous sailing vessel the Beagle and the voyage that led to Charles Darwin’s groundbreaking work, On the Origin of Species.
Download or read book Darwin's Fossils written by Adrian Lister and published by Smithsonian Institution. This book was released on 2018-04-24 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reveals how Darwin's study of fossils shaped his scientific thinking and led to his development of the theory of evolution. Darwin's Fossils is an accessible account of Darwin's pioneering work on fossils, his adventures in South America, and his relationship with the scientific establishment. While Darwin's research on Galápagos finches is celebrated, his work on fossils is less well known. Yet he was the first to collect the remains of giant extinct South American mammals; he worked out how coral reefs and atolls formed; he excavated and explained marine fossils high in the Andes; and he discovered a fossil forest that now bears his name. All of this research was fundamental in leading Darwin to develop his revolutionary theory of evolution. This richly illustrated book brings Darwin's fossils, many of which survive in museums and institutions around the world, together for the first time. Including new photography of many of the fossils--which in recent years have enjoyed a surge of scientific interest--as well as superb line drawings produced in the nineteenth century and newly commissioned artists' reconstructions of the extinct animals as they are understood today, Darwin's Fossils reveals how Darwin's discoveries played a crucial role in the development of his groundbreaking ideas.
Book Synopsis The Origin of Species and The Voyage of the 'Beagle' by : Charles Darwin
Download or read book The Origin of Species and The Voyage of the 'Beagle' written by Charles Darwin and published by Everyman's Library. This book was released on 2012-08-15 with total page 1034 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Easily the most influential book published in the nineteenth century, Darwin’s The Origin of Species is also that most unusual phenomenon, an altogether readable discussion of a scientific subject. On its appearance in 1859 it was immediately recognized by enthusiasts and detractors alike as a work of the greatest importance: its revolutionary theory of evolution by means of natural selection provoked a furious reaction that continues to this day. The Origin of Species is here published together with Darwin’s earlier Voyage of the ‘Beagle.’ This 1839 account of the journeys to South America and the Pacific islands that first put Darwin on the track of his remarkable theories derives an added charm from his vivid description of his travels in exotic places and his eye for the piquant detail.
Book Synopsis Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle by : Philip Parker King
Download or read book Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle written by Philip Parker King and published by . This book was released on 1839 with total page 704 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Sea of Gray written by Tom Chaffin and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2007-04-15 with total page 489 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Assembled from hundreds of original documents, including intimate shipboard journals kept by Shenandoah officers, Sea of Gray is a masterful narrative of men at sea The sleek, 222-foot, black auxiliary steamer Sea King left London on October 8, 1864, ostensibly bound for Bombay. The subterfuge was ended off the shores of Madeira, where the ship was outfitted for war. The newly christened CSS Shenandoah then commenced the last, most quixotic sea story of the Civil War: the 58,000-mile, around-the-world cruise of the Confederacy's second most successful commerce raider. Before its voyage was over, thirty-two Union merchant and whaling ships and their cargoes would be destroyed. But it was only after ship and crew embarked on the last leg of their journey that the excursion took its most fearful turn. Four months after the Civil War was over, the Shenandoah's Captain Waddell finally learned he was, and had been, fighting without cause or state. In the eyes of the world, he had gone from being an enemy combatant to being a pirate—a hangable offense. Now fearing capture and mutiny, with supplies quickly dwindling, Waddell elected to camouflage the ship, circumnavigate the globe, and attempt to surrender on English soil. "A superb account of how the Confederate raider Shenandoah brought the American Civil War to the farthest reaches of the world." -- Nathaniel Philbrick, author of Mayflower and Sea of Glory
Book Synopsis Who Was Charles Darwin? by : Celeste Davidson Mannis
Download or read book Who Was Charles Darwin? written by Celeste Davidson Mannis and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2016-01-07 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Charles Darwin was the ground-breaking scientist whose theory of evolution changed our understanding of the natural world forever. But what do we really know of his life and work? In this concise and enjoyable biography, find out all about this fascinating man, who hated school as a boy but maintained a passion for discovery that saw him go on to become one of the most acclaimed naturalists of all time. Puffin's 'Who Was . . . ?' book series presents young readers with clear and accessible biographies of some of history's most renowned individuals.
Book Synopsis At Sea with the Scientifics by : Joseph Matkin
Download or read book At Sea with the Scientifics written by Joseph Matkin and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 1993-03-01 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When HMS Challenger sailed from Portsmouth in 1872, a young assistant ship's steward, Joseph Matkin, was among the crew. Throughout the three-and-a-half-year voyage, Matkin maintained a journal from which he composed the many letters he sent home to his family in England. In his letters he commented on oceanographic operations, reported on shipboard events of special concern to the crew, and discussed at length the history, geography, and peoples of the many exotic and remote ports at which the ship called on its famous circumnavigation of the globe. The Challenger expedition established the foundations of oceanography and is second only to Darwin's voyage aboard the Beagle for its contributions to nineteenth-century science. The massive quantity of specimens and information acquired was written up in the fity-volume series of Challenger Reports, and personal accounts were published by officers and scientists. No ocean voyage had ever been so well documented. Yet no account of the seaman's life "below decks" was known to exist until the early 1980s, when two substantial collections of Matkin's letters surfaced. The letters are unique in their perspective and fascinating for their depth and literacy. Matkin, the son of a printer, was well aware of the significance of the voyage and strove to present a learned account in a proper style. His letters convey a wealth of detail about shipboard logistics, the crew's attitudes toward scientific operations, and officer-scientist-crew relations. Unwittingly, Matkin also illuminates himself and the middle-class society of which he was a part. Matkin's letters, published here for the first time, bring freshness and immediacy to this great Victorian scientific enterprise. Philip F. Rehbock has edited and annotated the letters, providing a particularly readable work of travel literature for anyone interested in oceanography, voyaging, maritime social history, and naval affairs.
Book Synopsis Aboard HMS Beagle by : Tanya Dellaccio
Download or read book Aboard HMS Beagle written by Tanya Dellaccio and published by Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP. This book was released on 2019-07-15 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The voyage of the HMS Beagle from 1831 to 1836 was an invaluable scientific expedition that shed light on the inner workings of the natural world. In this noteworthy volume, fascinated young scientists will learn about the ship and its key passengers, especially Charles Darwin, as well as the momentous discoveries amid the journey. Stunning images and thoughtful fictional narratives from the viewpoint of sailors on the famous ship will help readers dive into what it was really like to be on that celebrated voyage.
Book Synopsis The Galapagos Islands by : Charles Darwin
Download or read book The Galapagos Islands written by Charles Darwin and published by Penguin Group. This book was released on 1996 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Winter in Fireland by : Nicholas Coghlan
Download or read book Winter in Fireland written by Nicholas Coghlan and published by University of Alberta. This book was released on 2012-08-15 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After tough assignments as a Canadian diplomat abroad, Nicholas Coghlan and his wife Jenny unwind by sailing Bosun Bird, a 27foot sailboat, from Cape Town, South Africa, across the South Atlantic and into the stormy winter waters around Tierra del Fuego, South America. Coghlan recounts earlier adventures in Patagonia when, taking time off from his job as a schoolteacher in Buenos Aires in the late 1970s, he and Jenny explored the region of southern Argentina and Chile over three successive summers. This time, as they negotiate the labyrinth of channels and inlets around snow-covered Fireland, he reflects on voyages of past explorers: Magellan, Cook, Darwin, and others. Sailing enthusiasts and readers of true adventures will want to add Coghlan's world-wise narrative to their libraries.
Book Synopsis Discoveries in Australia by : John Lort Stokes
Download or read book Discoveries in Australia written by John Lort Stokes and published by . This book was released on 1846 with total page 588 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Cilin II written by Edgar D. Whitcomb and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2011 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In 1986, seventy-one-year-old Edgar Whitcomb faced a crossroads in his life; he needed a new direction. That venture became an epic journey, as this retired Indiana governor embarked on what would be a solo, 30,000-mile, six-year sailing trip. With virtually no previous sailing experience, he and his thirty-foot sailboat, the CILIN II, traveled around the world. In this travel memoir, a chronicle filled with danger and adventure, Whitcomb narrates the details of his exploits on the seas and in ports from Greece, to the Canary Islands, Antigua, Panama, Australia, and many points in between. He describes what can happen to a sailboat in distress and the consequences when a boat runs aground or is snagged in a fishing net. A story of the joys and frustrations of sailing, Cilin II: A Solo Sailing Odyssey recounts one man's realization of a dream and demonstrates his courage, endurance, and the lessons learned from meeting new people, seeing new places, and experiencing new ideas. It's a story about a thirst for excitement and world exploration that both begins and ends in the hills of southern Indiana"--P. [4] of cover.
Book Synopsis Handbook of British Travel Writing by : Barbara Schaff
Download or read book Handbook of British Travel Writing written by Barbara Schaff and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2020-09-07 with total page 509 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This handbook offers a systematic exploration of current key topics in travel writing studies. It addresses the history, impact, and unique discursive variety of British travel writing by covering some of the most celebrated and canonical authors of the genre as well as lesser known ones in more than thirty close-reading chapters. Combining theoretically informed, astute literary criticism of single texts with the analysis of the circumstances of their production and reception, these chapters offer excellent possibilities for understanding the complexity and cultural relevance of British travel writing.
